Smart patch delivery system

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-04-12
IBM CORP
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Though this framework looks good, it is not user friendly when it comes to handling patch dependencies.
The situation can get worse with recursive dependencies.

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[0014]As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a system, method or computer program product. Accordingly, aspects of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,”“module” or “system.” Furthermore, aspects of the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer readable medium(s) having computer readable program code embodied thereon.

[0015]Any combination of one or more computer readable medium(s) may be utilized. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination o...

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Software fix packs and / or APAR's are maintained at a server for use on a requesting computer system. The requesting computer system makes a request for a specific APAR, which is identified by a version number, from the server. The server determines, by examining the requesting computer's request, whether the requesting computer system has all required software dependencies for the requested APAR. When it is determined what the requesting computer systems needs, the server bundles the requested APAR and any required software dependencies, not already on the requesting computer system, for shipment to the requesting computer system.

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BACKGROUND[0001]The present invention relates, in general, to software repair, and more specifically, to a smart software patch delivery system.[0002]Java® (Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and / or its affiliates) has become one of the most widely used software platforms. A Java application is usually shipped as a set of jar files. These .jar files in-turn contain compiled class files in an intermediate bytecode format. A typical enterprise application can be as complex as having 100's of jar files, and each jar file can have more than 1000 class files.[0003]If software needs to be updated (repairs, new features, etc.), the updates for an enterprise application are sent as individual fixes to start with, and eventually rolled up into a bundle as a Service Release or Fix Pack. Service Releases or Fix Packs are unscheduled releases comprising relatively few fixes, to address significant issues discovered between regularly scheduled Maintenance Releases. Customers can either dow...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F9/44
CPCG06F8/68G06F8/658
InventorBHAT, B. G. PRASHANTHANANTHAPADMANABH, MADHU B.
OwnerIBM CORP